Help for Lotus Notes 8 (basic configuration) - Creating and customizing buttons

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Creating and customizing buttons
A button is a graphic that, when activated, launches an action. For example, you can send someone a document with a button in it that sends a reply back to you if the user clicks it. You must be in a rich-text field (a field that allows text, objects, file attachments, and pictures) to create a button.

A button looks like this:

Click any of these topics:

To create buttons
To customize buttons

To create buttons

1. Put the document in edit mode.

2. Place your cursor in the area of the document to add a button.

3. Click Create > Hotspot > Button. When you do this, a programmer's pane opens at the bottom of the window.

4. Click the Button Info tab in the Button properties box.

5. Enter the name of the button in the Label field, and the click the check mark to save.

6. Depending on the length of text in your button, select Wrap label text as needed (default is selected).

7. Select one of the following for button width:

Maximum Width -- (default) If the button label is less than the width you specify, the button is the width of the text. If the button label is greater than the specified width, the button is the specified width and text truncates. If button label is greater than the specified width and wrap text is enabled, the width is the value specified. If button label is greater than the specified width and wrap text is disabled, the button width expands to fit the label.
Minimum Width -- the number of inches you enter; however, if Wrap label text as needed is not selected, the button's width expands to fit the label's text if it otherwise wouldn't fit. Text is centered. Minimum width allowed is .25 inches unless the label field is empty, then there is no minimum.
Fixed Width -- the number of inches you enter, regardless of the size of the button label; however, if Wrap label text as needed is selected and the label does not fit in the specified width, the label text wraps to a new line. If Wrap label text as needed is not selected and the label does not fit in the specified width, the label text is truncated on pixel boundaries. Minimum width allowed is .25 inches unless the label field is empty, then there is no minimum.
Fit Content -- creates the button size according to the button label.
Fixed (chars) -- creates a fixed button width regardless of the font setting determined in User Preferences or the length of the button label. This is useful if you are creating multiple buttons in a table, for example, and want them all to be the same size regardless of the font that is set on a recipient's computer or the text that appears on the button itself.

8. In the Programmer's pane, select Simple action(s) from the second list, and then click Add Action and choose an action the hotspot should perform. Click Add. For more information, see Table of simple agent actions

9. Click File > Save to save the hotspot's properties.

Note You can also create buttons to be used on the Web only and apply JavaScript™ to its functionality. For more information on creating buttons for the Web, see Creating a button if you have installed IBM® Lotus® Domino™ Designer 8 Help. Or, go to Lotus Documentation on the Web to download or view Lotus Domino Designer 8 Help.

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To customize buttons

1. Put the document in edit mode.

2. Click the button.

3. Click Button > Button Properties.

4. Follow the procedures in this table to format the button.

Task Procedure

Change a button's label or size

Click the Button Info tab.
Change the label in the Label field, and then click the check mark to save.
Change the size in the Width field, and then click the check mark to save.

Change a button's edge style

Click the Button Info tab.
Select System, Square, or Rounded from the Edge list in the Style section.

Change a button's color

Click the Button Info tab.
Select a color from the Background list in the Style section.

Change a button's action

Put the document in edit mode.
Click the button.
Click Button > Edit Button.
Go through same steps as creating a button.

Move a button

Select the button.
Click Edit > Cut.
Click where you want to place the button.
Click Edit > Paste.

Delete a button

Select the button.
Click Edit > Delete.

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See Also

Editing documents

Linking to data

Opening links, buttons, hotspots, and sections

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Task	Procedure
Change a button's label or size	Click the Button Info tab. Change the label in the Label field, and then click the check mark to save. Change the size in the Width field, and then click the check mark to save.
Change a button's edge style	Click the Button Info tab. Select System, Square, or Rounded from the Edge list in the Style section.
Change a button's color	Click the Button Info tab. Select a color from the Background list in the Style section.
Change a button's action	Put the document in edit mode. Click the button. Click Button > Edit Button. Go through same steps as creating a button.
Move a button	Select the button. Click Edit > Cut. Click where you want to place the button. Click Edit > Paste.
Delete a button	Select the button. Click Edit > Delete.